Why unsaturated fatty acids have low melting points?
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The m.p. of unsaturated fatty acids are much lower because the cis configuration produces a bend in the structure which decreases the number of possible van der Waals interactions between molecules.
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The m.p. of unsaturated fatty acids are much lower because the cis configuration produces a bend in the structure which decreases the number of possible van der Waals interactions between molecules.
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